Re: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

Lukas Beeler wrote:

Another point is that COBOL and RPG are considered legacy - .NET with VB
and C# are not. Java is not.

Who says? What about COBOL & RPG make the legacy? Considering some of
the things you can do with ILE RPG these days, I would hardly consider
it legacy.

RPG is vendor lock-in at it's finest. RPG has it's very own world, that
is completely different from all mainstream languages.

VB & C# aren't? I consider them to be vendor lock-in just as much as
RPG is.

RPG is only slightly more 'vendor lock-in' then VB & C# are because you
are somewhat limited in your choice of hardware. You still need Windows
to run VB & C#. If that's not vendor lock-in, what is?

I know several Unix/C programmers that have switched to using .NET/C# -
but I've never seen somebody switch to RPG/System i. I would be
interested in samples/experiences from others on this list. Do you know
people that switched e.G. from .NET/C# or Java to RPG?

Why does anyone have to switch? Expand your horizons to encompass
multiple platforms & languages.

I didn't switch from RPG to Java ... I work in RPG *AND* Java. I plan
to do so for quite a long time.

david